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You Can Now Read a Whole Lot of Doctor Who Scripts Courtesy of the BBC Writers’ Script Library
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You Can Now Read a Whole Lot of Doctor Who Scripts Courtesy of the BBC Writers’ Script Library
It’s a regular script treasure trove
By Molly Templeton
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Published on February 15‚ 2024
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If you have ever wondered what an episode of Doctor Who looks like before it’s filmed—which is to say‚ on a page‚ fresh from the mind of the show’s many writers—you can now sate your curiosity many times over. BBC Writers‚ a group which describes itself as “the public face of the BBC to the UK writing community‚” has added a whole pile of Doctor Who and Doctor Who-related work to their online script library.
What? It can’t be…that’s impossible! Or is it…?BBC Writers is now part of the Whoniverse‚ head over to the sparkly new Whoniverse section in our Script Library (linked below) to find over 200 scripts from across the Whoniverse! We’ll be posting more about what we’ve… pic.twitter.com/mzvK4RKX0h— BBC Writers (@bbcwritersroom) February 14‚ 2024
It’s not just recent Who; it’s also scripts from Sarah Jane Adventures‚ the short-lived spinoff Class‚ and Torchwood‚ among other tidbits and interviews. Yes‚ I did immediately go read part of the script for Torchwood: Children of Men Part 1; yes‚ this was depressing; yes‚ now I want to watch the whole thing again. So the library is clearly doing its job and then some.
You can even read the audition piece Russell T Davies wrote for the Fifteenth Doctor‚ which is an intriguing inclusion that somehow manages to sum up decades of Who in just a short paragraph at the start:
THE DOCTOR is with ROBIN‚ a 21 year old modern-day HUMAN. They barely know each other; they’ve just been chased‚ by monsters‚ turned round a corner‚ ran into this room‚ and whup! they were sealed in. Now they’re calming down; though the Doctor is always thinking of 500 things at once‚ mind spinning‚ ticking‚ racing. And having fun too‚ nice &; fast!
This scene goes on an on with the Doctor quoting song lyrics and movie lines and in fact I would like to see Ncuti Gatwa ask‚ “Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?” to be honest. But like so many good Who stories‚ this one has a twist‚ and it’s kind of a gut-punch even though the piece is only eight pages long.
Take your own deep dive into the Whoniverse scripts here.
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